Author of OUTBACK LOVE a contemporary romance novel set in Australia, JETTING AWAY a short story prequel to OUTBACK LOVE, MOON OVER MADNESS a paranormal romantic comedy and BAYOU BLUES AND OTHER SORROWS a collection of short stories and poems about life and love. All are available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Sony, Diesel and Kobo. On Twitter @TeriHeyer

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Books have always been a major part of my life. I read in happy times and sad, and all those times in between. Sometimes I read to escape, other times for knowledge, most often for just the pure pleasure of reading.

I confess, I've not written a new blog post in simply ages. Sometimes life and writing get in the way. But in spite of numerous distractions I always find time to read. So I thought I'd share with you a list of those wonderful, exciting, interesting, awesome and great reads since my last blog post. These are books I've read, loved and hope you'll enjoy. The books are in the order in which I read them. All of them were great reads.

Broken Ferns (Lei Crime #4) by Toby NealIsland Fire by Toby NealFortune's Rocks by Anita ShreveSea Glass by Anita ShreveBody Surfing by Anita ShreveA Change in Altitude by Anita ShreveGirl on a Wire by Gwenda BondThe Weight of Water by Anita ShreveThe Linen Queen by Patricia FalveyThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsFour: A Divergent Collection by Veronica RothThe Visitors by Sally BeaumanThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe English Spy (Gabriel Allon, #15) by Daniel SilvaAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Empty Throne (Saxon Tales, #8) by Bernard CornwellMila 18 by Leon UrisThe Shell Keeper (Lei Crime KW) by Christine NolfiTwisted Vine (Lei Crime, #5) by Toby NealGo Set a Watchman by Harper LeeThe Beekeeper's Daughter by Santa MontefioreOld Yeller by Fred GipsonPeyton Place by Grace MetaliousCircling the Son by Paula McLainThe Storm of the Century by Al Roker*Breaking Sky by Cort McCarthyShadow (Blue-Link, #1) by Maureen A. MillerDry Bones (Longmire, #11) by Craig Johnson13 Hours in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff*Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall

(* = Non-Fiction)

Note - Please forgive me if I left off any. There were so many books, I might have missed a few.

Whew! That was a lot of books read from April through December in 2015. Since the books were so numerous, I decided to list my 2016 reads in another post.

Keep reading, my bookish friends. And please feel free to list any of your favorite reads in the comments below.

MOON OVER MADNESS by Teri Heyer

BAYOU BLUES AND OTHER SORROWS by Teri Heyer

Teri Heyer, Writer/Dreamer

I grew up in southern California where I enjoyed the beaches, mountains and desert. In my teens, I was actually a surfer girl, though I spent most of my time under the surf instead of on the board. I've been in love with books all my life and decided I wanted to be a writer all the way back in my grammar school days. I wrote my first short stories at around ten years of age. I've always been a dreamer and often got in trouble in school for daydreaming. What can I say? I still daydream every chance I get. Oh, I married a southern boy from Alabama and we've lived all over the country. Now that my husband is retired, we're living back in Florida to be near our daughter and young grandkids. This is a great place for a writer to live. I have two big dogs, Shani and Dude, who keep me company while I'm writing. I hope you enjoy reading my books. I have a lot more stories yet to write.